Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-06

VIII enact more stringent law pro-
tectlng wild ducks during the spring
season. A similar law need, To be
enforced in other states. Every
year the finest varieties of ducks
are beng thinned out. 1t is both
cruel and suicidal to the interests of
sportsmen to kill ducks during their
spring flight Every duck killed
just as they are mating means the
death of at least four. The law
should at least for series of wears
prohibit spring shooting of ducks,
as we'll as prairie chickens and quail.
Our schools are again in full
blast. As announced, they opened
last Monday. Our citizens should
be proud of a school that sends out
such good scholars as the schools
of our city. Visitors are kindly
invited to attend and investigate.
Although not as yet among the
schools on the accredited list, yet
we can safely say it has few equals
IN this section of the State. Prof.
Eden and his corps of teachers are
doing thorough work with the pu-
pills, and the latter seem to take a
lively interest in the schools.
WE failed 10 annnunce last week
the marriage of Miss Rose Trippe,
of w hitewater, TO Mr. BIackeu
Pulford, of Marion, Iowa, at the
residence of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. J. Trippe, at White.
water Both Mr.. Pulford and Miss
Trippe have recently lived in this
city, the former being assistant sta.
tion agent at the depot and the
latter assistant teacher in our
High School. They will reside
in Marion, Iowa, where Mr.. =. il
engaged in the Office of the c., NJ.
IL st. Z. Il. X. The 1RIBUNE wish
es them all manner of happiness
and prosperity.
THE intense cold of Sunday even
ing did not seem to have any chill
ing effect on the love of our people
for the patriot and statesman John
A. Logan, upon which occasion Rev.
Pitcher delivered sermon on the
life and labofs of the departed Gen
eral. The roomy NJ. E. church was
crowded. Members of the Legate
Post proceeded there in body; men,
women and children, from city and
town, were there. 1t was a grand
turn out; fair test of the patriotic
spirit of our community. Rev. Pill
cher touched briefly on the traits of
character Of the soldier-statesman
from early boyhood to the time of
his death, but wholly sufficient to
impress the eager listeners with the
fact that one of the brightest lights
of the nineteenth century has gone
out. The choir rendered fitting
selections i'll mastery manner
Mr.. Pitchers familiarity with the
career Of Logan made it very inter
esting and beneficial for all within
the hearing of his voice.
DURING the past year the Chicago
Evening Journal has been much en-
larged and improved in appearance.
The Daily Journal is now "a neat
eight page paper, twelve pages on
Saturdays, and no expense will be
spared to keep it abreast of all com
petitors in everything that pertains
to first class newspaper.
The weekly edition has twelve
pages each week. Both daily and
weekly contain perfect market re-
ports, all matters of interest to the
merchant, the mechanic and the far
mer In the great northwest, all the
news Of the week in concise form,
a large amount Of original matter,
and the choicest miscellany Ii
prints nothing TO offend the most
fastidious, and is a most acceptable
family paper. The Journal is stead
fastly Republican, but in expressing
its honest convictions it is always
careful to be right and just to all